| 单词 | to put through the wringer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put through the wringer b. Figurative phrase to put through the wringer and variants: to try or test (a person or, rarely, a thing); esp. to subject to severe questioning. slang (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > question, interrogate [verb (transitive)] > question intensively apposec1315 opposec1380 demand1526 grate?1538 pump1611 sweat1764 probe1804 draw1854 grill1894 third-degree1928 to put through the wringer1942 1942 Sun (Baltimore) 20 June 15/1 With its capitalization put through the wringer through reorganization..the Erie board voted a payment of 550 cents a share. 1950 T. Sterling House without Door (1951) xviii. 196 Every one of them was being blackmailed..except one woman, and she was put through the wringer another way. 1965 J. Philips Twisted People iv. 56 We felt..that there had been sabotage... Everybody..was put through a wringer by the CIA. 1972 L. Lamb Pict. Frame xv. 133 Do you think we had better pick him up and put him through the wringer? 1977 D. Francis Risk xiv. 184 If I hadn't recently been through so many wringers..I wouldn't have given it another thought. 1984 Times 3 July 12/6 Not since the controversial Bishop of Durham..has an episcopal appointee been put through the wringer in this fashion. < as lemmas |
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